The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-02-17
BRIEF JoTTINcs.

Mr.. James p. Baxter read an interesting
paper on London before the Fraternity Club
at the last meeting.
The ladies of the Pine street Methodist
church met yesterday afternoon and evening
at the residence of Mrs. VIM. Burnham.
The Willis Chautauqua Circle will meet
this evening with Mrs. Julia Chase, No. SO
Winter street.
There were several lively runaways on
Congress street yesterday, but no damage
was done. the horses being stopped in time.
The members of the Cumberland Baptist
Conference dined at the City Hotel yester-
day.
~s. Hamlen q Co. have just sent to San
francisco two carloads of syrup barrel
heads and slaves, the first that have gone
from here.
large load Of salt was tipped over on the
car track at the corner of Green and Port
land streets yesterday morning, delaying the
cars for some time.
Mr.. J. ID. Lamson has presented the men,
bers of Iyanhoe Lodge, K. of p, with a
neatly printed card bearing the names and
addresses of the officers of the lodge.
There viii be large party at the Blues
masquerade ball at City Hall next Monday
night. The costumes will be elegant and the
novelties striking.
Rev. Theodore Gerrish will deliver his in
terestlng lecture ON the Battle of Gettys-
burg" at the First Baptist church at o'clock
this evening
Mrs. Harriet Thurston of Deering, by her
Will, has left SIS apiece to each of the in
mates of the Old Ladies' Home for their
personal use.
A workman at the Dry Dock had an eve
badly injured yesterday by piece of wood
that broke off and flew out of his hand. DR..
Spalding attended him.
Remember the temperance concert at the
Gospel Mission tonight at 7.3O o'clock. The
exercises will consist of readings, recitations
and singing, and dialogue entitled ''De-
Tending Her Home" All are invited.
A heavy snow slide from the roof of Thos.
Laughlin q Sons store yesterday morning
frightened several horses, who started to
run, but were soon stopped, and no damage
resulted.
The committee on design, of the Soldiers
Monument Association, has notified the
artists who have sent in designs that they
must complete them or make any alterations
they propose within sixty days.
The Maine Woman Suffrage Association
will hold meeting this afternoon at $50
O'Clock at the headquarters of the w. CT.
u, oil Exchange street. All persons inter
ested are cordially invited to attend.
The special features of the Little Women's
ball, to be given at City Hall next Tuesday.
viii be the demon drill by the Wheel Club,
and the Harlequin and Oriental scarf dances
In costume.
Steamer Sandman of the Allan line, Capt.
Smith, arrived here from Liverpool yester-
day morning She had rough passage, but
reports no damage. There were four cabin
passengers, nine intermediate and At steerage
and full cargo.
A PEDESTAL for the Longfellow statue, de-
signed by Mr.. Fassett, has been accepted by
the committee on design Of that association,
and also by the artist, and proposals for its
execution are being received from various
stone-cutting establishments
A. NJ Sawyer, III. p. ingalls, and William
Taylor. of Munjoy Lodge. have been ap-
pointed committee to confer with commit
tees from the other K. of P. lodges in the
city with view to forming Rebecca de-
gree, similar to those connected with the
Odd Fellow lodges.